What Career Suits Your Enneagram Type?
The enneagram is about motivation rather than behaviour, which is exactly why it is useful for work: two people can do the same job for opposite reasons and only one of them will still be there in five years. Nine questions about what makes a job unbearable, what you want from a manager and what a good day looks like β then your type, the fields that suit it, and the specific thing to watch out for. There is a separate quiz here for identifying your type on its own; this one goes straight to the work.
QUESTION 1 OF 9
What makes a job unbearable for you?
- Being made to ship something you know is sloppy.
- Working somewhere that nobody actually needs you.
- Effort that nobody measures and nobody notices.
- Doing the same interchangeable thing as everybody else.
- Constant interruption, and no time to think properly.
Pick one and you're already started.
9 ways this can go
Field guideType One β The Improver
Cannot unsee the gap between how it is and how it should be? Type One.
Type Two β The Giver
Knows what people need before they do? Type Two.
Type Three β The Winner
Wants to be the best, and for that to be visible? Type Three.
Type Four β The Original
Being interchangeable is a real injury? Type Four.
Type Five β The Observer
Guards your time like a strictly limited supply? Type Five.
Type Six β The Anchor
Sees what will go wrong, and is usually right? Type Six.
Type Seven β The Adventurer
Infectious energy, and four projects at eighty percent? Type Seven.
Type Eight β The Protector
Goes straight at it, and stands in front of people? Type Eight.
Type Nine β The Mediator
Can work with people who cannot work with each other? Type Nine.
How it works
- 01
Answer honestly
There are no wrong answers β go with your gut on each question.
- 02
We calculate your type
Your answers are scored the moment you finish the last question.
- 03
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